Medvedeva А. Mask in a scenic art of the theater and variety artist

Scenic mask phenomenon, it's appearance, formation and evolution as a specific expressive tool, gain the scenic features in the artistic and technical sense following the theatrical art laws are considered in the dissertation. The initial mask relation in the antic theater, the traditions of the mask usage in Ancient East, the festive culture of Medieval Europe and Russ, Italian comedy del art are determined. Del art comedy traditions in the works of the leading masters of the new theatrical art (XX century). The mask usage methods in the theatrical works of the European and American experimenter stage-directors. The mask place in the variety art and the circus is characterized. According to the modeling of a character in the mask target diversity, the playing mask is divided into the categories mask-appearance, mask-character, mask-figure, mask-prototype, mask-image, mask- universalist by the succession of the compounds: character characteristic - actor - mask - action - the most important task for the artistic image.